Neid ist auch keine Lösung

Neid ist auch keine Lösung

2016 · ★ 5.0 · Comedy

An invitation to an old childhood friend's 40th birthday throws the Baumgartners' hitherto happy life into disarray and makes them question their previous concept of life. Marie and Markus Baumgartner are a picture-book couple. But everyday working life and two children make it hard for the couple to catch their breath. An invitation to the 40th birthday of Marie's former best friend from school, Heike, including a long weekend, comes at just the right time. Without further ado, the Baumgartners hire Grandpa Walter as a babysitter and travel to Marie's old Bavarian home. The surprise on the spot is huge: Heike has achieved everything the two friends had once dreamed of. The chubby duckling has become a beautiful swan and she is living her dream job as a photographer. She lives in a dream house by the lake with her smart husband Hans.

Directed by Tobi Baumann · Written by Johann A. Bunners

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Bibiana Beglau Carolina
Matthias Koeberlin Markus Baumgartner
Stephan Luca Florian
Götz Otto Hans Steiner
Christina Hecke Heike Steiner
Stefanie Stappenbeck Marie Baumgartner
Sanne Schnapp Eva
Victoria Fleer Stephanie
Brigitte Zeh Andrea
Peter Prager Walter Baumgartner
Marie Nasemann Vivien
Hannah Schiller Jana

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